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At STP, which substance has metallic bonding?

(1) ammonium chloride (3) iodine
(2) barium oxide (4) silver

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Silver. For the most part only metals can have metallic bonding. Ammonium chloride has ionic bonding (poly-atomic cation + nonmetal=ionic bonding), iodine is a diatomic element so it will form a covalent bond with itself, and barium oxide has ionic bonding (metal+nonmetal or metal+poly-atomic anion=ionic bonding).

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